Snapshots of the world.

• Position: Economic statistics

WEALTHIEST AND POOREST COUNTRIES Highest & lowest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in US dollars WEALTHIEST Luxembourg 39,605 Norway 36,768 United States 35,391 Switzerland 33,885 Japan 33,322 Denmark 30,151 Ireland 26,628 Iceland 25,140 Sweden 23,608 Finland 23,459 POOREST Ethiopia 94 Burundi 103 Sierra Leone 134 Eritrea 151 Guinea-Bissau 158 Niger 167 Malawi 168 Tajikistan 168 Chad 178 Mozambique 182 THE WORLD BANK (2001) FIGURES; PER CAPITA GDP CALCULATIONS BY UPFRONT WORLD'S MOST COMMON LANGUAGES Mandarin Chinese 874 MILLION Hindi 366 MILLION English 341 MILLION Spanish 322 MILLION Arabic 207 MILLION Bengali 207 MILLION Portuguese 176 MILLION Russian 167 MILLION Japanese 125 MILLION German 100 MILLION THE WORLD ALMANAC FOR KIDS 2003 Note: Table made from bar graph. RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD Adherents of major world religions Christianity 32.4% Islam 19.2% Hinduism 13.1% Buddhism 5.8% Chinese folk religions 6.2% Ethnic Religions 3.7% Judaism .2% Nonreligious or atheists 14.9% Other 4.5% THE WORLD ALMANAC 2002 Note: Table made from pie chart. WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES IN 2002 China 1,281 million India 1,050 million USA 287 million Indonesia 217 million Brazil 174 million Russia 144 million Pakistan 144 million Bangladesh 134 million Nigeria 130 million Japan 127 million Mexico 102 million Germany 82 million Philippines 80 million Vietnam 80 million Egypt 71 million 2002 WORLD POPULATION DATA SHEET, POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU, INC. Note: Table made from bar graph. WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES IN 2050 (projected) India 1,628 million China 1,394 million USA 413 million Pakistan 332 million Indonesia 316 million Nigeria 304 million Brazil 247 million Bangladesh 205 million Democratic Republic of Congo 182 million Ethiopia 173 million Mexico 151 million Philippines 146 million Vietnam 117 million Egypt 115 million Russia 102 million Note: Table made from bar graph. Upfront Quiz 2

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DIRECTIONS: Write the correct answer on line provided. OPEN-BOOK TEST.

1. Gross--Product is the value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year.

2. The Human Development--measures economic and human well-being on a...